A 40-year-old Trenton man has been sent to the penitentiary for his role in the beating of a 69-year-old man in 2016.
Gregory Sloan, who was initially charged with attempted murder, plead guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault and was sentenced in the Belleville courthouse May 12.
Court officials confirmed Sloan was sentenced to five years and seven months.
“Says that he served 15 months pre-sentence custody,” a court staffer told The Intelligencer.
He was logged into the DNA databank and barred from possessing weapons upon his release.
Sloan was originally charged with a string of offences including break and enter, assaulting a peace officer, mischief, threatening death and possession of a weapon.
Sloan, of Trenton, was charged in August.
Police had released reports indicating on the night of Aug. 3, 2016, officers from the Quinte West OPP detachment responded to a disturbance call at 50 Marmora St. in Trenton.
Officers located a 69-year-old man with serious, life-threatening injuries at the scene.
As a result of the investigation, Sloan, was charged with attempt to commit murder.